Setting ComboBox ControlSource in code

J

JimPNicholls

Excel 2k

Morning!

I've trying to set the control Source for a combobox (On a
userform). I have:

Private Sub UserForm_Initialize()
Me.ComboBox1.ControlSource = Range("C1:C11").Value
End Sub

This isn't working (Type mismatch). Can anyone help?
 
R

Rob Bovey

Hi Jim,

I think you've got the purpose of the ControlSource property
misconstrued (easy to do given it's ambiguous name). The ControlSource is
the address of a single cell on a worksheet where you want the value
selected in the ComboBox to be placed.

The RowSource property is the one you want to use to load a list from a
worksheet. The syntax for this property would look something like this:

Private Sub UserForm_Initialize()
ComboBox1.RowSource = "Sheet1!C1:C11"
End Sub

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B

Bob Phillips

Jim,

It is a string property so you should use Address not Value.

But, it can also only return a value to one cell, not many.

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